Time To Talk with Sean Sennett

Comedian Rob Schneider joins Sean Sennett on today's episode of Time To Talk. Rob first came to prominence on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’, along with his SNL friends Adam Sandler, Tim Meadows and David Spade.  Rob has starred in some of the top comedy features of the past 30 years including Grown Ups, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, Big Daddy, The Waterboy, You May Not Kiss The Bride and 50 First Dates.  Rob also starred in the movie Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, which was the second highest grossing DVD in the US in 2000, along with The Hot Chick and The Animal.  Rob is also a three-time Emmy winner as part of SNL’s writing staff.  Rob is about to embark on his first stand up tour of Australia in ten years.

Elly-May Barnes joins Sean Sennett to chat about her new album No Good. She discusses - among other things - what it was like recording with collaborators such as Shane Nicholson, Diesel, Neil Finn and Don Walker (who updated a Cold Chisel classic for her).

The Underground Lovers have just re-released their classic 1994 album, Dream It Down on vinyl. They're also heading out on tour. Sean Sennett chats to the Vincent Giarrusso album the band's beginnings, where they are now and Vincent's love of film.

Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett joins Sean Sennett to talk about his solo album The True North. This episode sees Peter go way back in his musical journey to discuss everything from his earliest musical loves and influences through to his current creative process and the recording of the new album. Peter also talks about Australian music quotas, streaming and so much more.

The Clouds' Jodi Phillis joins Sean Sennett today to chat about the band's history, their upcoming tour and their terrific new four album vinyl boxset, Retroactive.

Graham Nash is Sean Sennett's very special guest on this week's episode of Time To Talk. Known for his work with the Hollies, Crosby Stills & Nash and of course Crosby Stills Nash & Young … Nash has recently released a fine new solo album, Now. Nash goes way back in this chat … right back to where he started life in Blackpool, his earliest influences, seeing the Beatles before they became the Beatles, the Hollies, moving to America and his part in the west coast sound and so much more.

Radio Birdman's Deniz Tek joins Sean Sennett on this week's podcast. Here Deniz talks about everything from the origins of Radio Birdman to where the band are now as they celebrate their 50th Anniversary with a run of shows around Australia. Deniz also discuses his influences, his song writing press and his love of the Rolling Stones. Tune in!

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Ross Wilson is known for his work as a solo artist and as the frontman for such seminal Australian outfits as Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock. Chatting to Sean Sennett, Ross discusses everything from his earliest rock n roll memories to producing Skyhooks to his current EP.

James Reyne is Sean Sennett's guest on this very special edition of Time To Talk. In this far ranging interview James discusses everything from his solo career to Australian Crawl, trying to crack America to writing with Tony Joe White and beyond.

Warren Ellis chats to Sean Sennett about his new live album with Nick Cave, Australian Carnage - Live at the Sydney Opera House. Speaking from his home in France, this is a fascinating discussion around Ellis' songwriting life with Cave, his earliest influences, his favourite live albums, some rock n roll stories and ... carnage.

Russell Morris is one of Australia’s great singer songwriters - you might know him from hits like Sweet Sweet Love, The Real Thing or the trilogy of roots albums that started with Shark Mouth. Russell has recorded a new live album, "The Real Thing Symphonic Concert". And he's about to embark on a tour with an orchestra in tow. Here we go way back to the start of Russell's career, we talk about songwriting, his recording of The Real Thing, the inspiration for Shark Mouth, his new album and much more.

Tina Arena is Sean Sennett's guest on this week's episode of Time To Talk. Tina has just released a brand new album, Love Saves. After being an artist who was signed to major labels, Tina has now elected to follow the indie route. She talks about her earliest influences, making her new record, the highs and lows of working in the music industry and much more.

Sean Sennett chat to legendary guitarist Steve Vai about his creative process, his earliest musical awakenings and his two new albums Inviolate and Vai/Gash. This is ahead of Vai's Australian tour in November. The conversation took place while Steve was hanging out in his dressing room prior to a gig that night in Oregon.

Tim Finn joins Sean Sennett on this week's episode of Time To Talk. Heading out on a tour billed as The Lives and Times of Tim Finn, Tim looks back on his time with Split Enz, Crowded House and his solo work.

Legendary singer/songwriter Ian Moss joins Sean Sennett on this episode of Time To Talk. With a new solo album, Rivers Run Dry, Ian talks about that project, alongside some of his most famous songs with Cold Chisel and going way back to growing up in Alice Springs. Tune in!

Today Sean Sennett chats with Jim Moginie. Many of you will know Jim from his work with Midnight Oil. He's also a prolific solo artist and has just released a new solo album Murmurations. Jim talks us through the inspiration behind the new work as well chatting about Midnight Oil, his broad career as a songwriter and producer, the music that first got him excited and so much more.

Singer/sogwriter Lloyd Cole joins Sean Sennett to talk about his latest album, On Pain. Lloyd also chats about his heroes, Bowie and Bolan, and shares his thoughts on creating new music, his writing process, his thoughts on AI and much more.

Esteemed journalist and cricket writer, Gideon Haigh joins Sean Sennett. Regarded as one of the finest writers about cricket on the planet, Gideon has just released a new book called On The Ashes which is a series of essays he has written and collated on what he calls ‘The greatest sporting contest of all’. Gideon chats about his own life, some of the characters in the book, first experiences of watching cricket, his writing process and even his favourite music.

Stephen Cummings has just released a fine new solo album, 100 Years From Now. After suffering a stroke Stephen was unsure as to whether he would ever sing again, let alone make an album. Here he talks to Sean Sennett about the new work, as well as the process for writing and recording the album. Known for solo albums such as Lovetown, A New Kind Of Blue, Skeleton Key and many more, Stephen was once the front man of the seminal Australian band, the Sports.

The Church's Steve Kilbey is Sean Sennett's guest on this week's episode of Time To Talk. Steve chats to Sean about the recording of the new Church album, the Hypnogogue. More than that, Steve discusses how he came up with the initial concept and how the band set about writing collaboratively. This is a fascinating insight into the process of one of the great songwriters of his generation.

Don Walker is Sean Sennett's guest on this edition of Time To Talk. One of Australia's finest songwriters, Don has just released a brand new solo album Lightning In A Clear Blue Sky. You might know Don from his work with Cold Chisel, Tex Don & Charlie and Catfish. He also authored the acclaimed memoir Shots. The new album features eight songs, which are beautifully realised over the course of the record. Here, Don talks about his new record, his early influences, favourite artists and his song writing process.

Chatting to Sean Sennett this week is the legendary American singer/songwriter, Rickie Lee Jones. Rickie has just released a brand new album Pieces of Treasure The album sees her back working with Russ Titelman who who co-produced her  1979 self-titled debut and the seminal Pirates. There’s lots to talk about as Rickie lets us into her songwriting process and chats about everything from recording highlights from the Great American Songbook to her memoir Last Chance Texaco.

The Angels' Rick Brewster is Sean Sennett's guest on this week’s episode of Time To Talk. As a guitarist and songwriter, Rick is one of the greats. Today he’s joining me to talk about the Angels, the Brewster Brothers electric, early days touring with AC/DC, the song ("I Come In Peace") that he co-wrote with Ross Wilson that Joe Cocker covered and so much more. It’s not often Rick does interviews, and we're thrilled he cold join us today.

Kate Ceberano returns to talk to Sean Sennett about her new album, My Life Is A Symphony. One of  Australia’s most versatile and accomplished artists Kate recorded the album with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. A terrific singer and songwriter Kate talks about revisiting songs for the project, recording during Covid, her creative process and much more.

Our special guest this week is Hatchie. At home in Brisbane, Harriette Pilbeam talks to your host Sean Sennett about the deluxe edition of her new album, Giving The World Away. Going a little deeper Hatchie chats about her creative process, recording between Brisbane and Denver (USA) and lets us into her favourite 90's film and the artists that have helped shape her musical journey.

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Tim Finn and Andy White are Sean Sennett’s specials guests today as they talk about Tim and Andy’s new album, AT. This is a follow up, of sorts, to Tim and Andy’s earlier collaboration with Hothouse Flowers’ Liam Ó Maonlaí called, ALT. This time around the album was recorded with Andy in Melbourne and Tim in New Zealand. The work was mixed by John Leckie (Radiohead/George Harrison). 

This week Sean Sennett chats to the Angels founding guitarist and songwriter, John Brewster. A new documentary, The Angels: Kicking Down The Door has just opened around Australia. The film tells the story of one of Australia’s finest bands. Directed by Madeleine Perry, the film charts the Angels progress from an Adelaide jug band to selling out venues here and overseas, delving into the Brewster Brothers often tempestuous relationship and their relationship with mercurial frontman Doc Neeson.

Thomas Keneally is one of Australia’s literary giants. Tom - as it says on the inside flap of A Bloody Good Rant - has been 'observing, reflecting on and writing about Australia and the human condition for well over 50 years’. He’s published a number of histories on Australia. His novels include The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Schindler’s Ark and he has won the Miles Franklin Award, The Booker Prize … we hardly need to go on. We recorded this chat when A Bloody Good Rant was first released … as he says it’s a book about his ‘passions, memories and demons’. We talk about all that here … as well as everything from Cook landing to his Father returning from the war to Gough Whitlam … Napoleon and beyond. 

Pakistan cricket great Wasim Akram is Sean Sennett's guest this week. Wasim has just released a memoir 'Sultan' which was written in collaboration with the journalist Gideon Haigh. Wasim took 414 test wickets at 22 runs a piece between 1984 and 2003 and another 502 in one day internationals … but it’s how he took them. He scored 100’s too, so he’s a genuine allrounder ... here Wasim talks about why he wrote the book,  his heroes, his early life … he gets riled up about match fixing and tells a great Viv Richards story. Enjoy!

Singer/songwriter Meg Mac is Sean Sennett’s guest on this week’s episode of Time To Talk. Meg has just released a terrific new album, Matter of Time. Already hitting #1 on the ARIA Charts, the album follows her earlier work Low Blows and Hope. The story behind the recording is fascinating. Meg talks of working with new collaborators, recording between continents and how she came up with a body of work that represented where she was at. 

This week Sean Sennett talks with the founder of Oz Harvest, Ronni Kahn. Recorded as part of a fundraiser for Oz Harvest at QPAC, the conversation was taped before an audience. Ronni talks about her life and her life’s work and her memoir A Repurposed Life: where she discusses everything from her early life in apartheid South Africa to what set her on a course to run an organisation that has provided 170 million plus meals to those in need of them.

Join your host Sean Sennett as he chats this week to the great Colin Hay. You may Colin know from Men At Work - alongside his many fine solo albums. Colin has just released a new record Now & The Evermore. Here Colin talks about the new album, his previous record (I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself), Men At Work and touring with Ringo Starr.

Rita Wilson is Sean Sennett’s special guest on this week’s Time To Talk. Rita has been making fine albums for the last decade and she’s back with a brand new record of duets called Now & Forever. The album features a ‘Who’s Who’ of contemporary music giants including Smokey Robinson, Keith Urban, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson and Jackson Browne. Rita talks about her journey recording the album, goes way back to her first musical influences and shares some great advice Bruce Springsteen gave her! Tune in.

Host Sean Sennett interviews one of the great Australian songwriters, Dave Faulkner from the Hoodoo Gurus. The Hoodoo Gurus have just released a fine new album Chariot of the Gods - and they're embarking on a national tour with the Dandy Warhols. On the podcast Dave talks about everything from some of his favourite artists to recording Stoneage Romeos through to songwriting in the present day, giving us a real insight into his creative process. 

Nicholas Hammond made his silver screen debut in the Lord of The Flies in 1963. He played Friedrich von Trapp in The Sound Of Music. He starred as Peter Parker in the first Spider-Man films and featured in a number of classic television series including Gunsmoke, Magnum P.I, The Love Boat and more. He was the 'bad boy’ in the Brady Bunch episode where Marcia broke her nose. More recently he played Sam Wanamaker in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Nicholas is currently appearing at SupaNova in Australia.

This week’s special guest on Time To Talk is Rugby League immortal, Johnathan Thurston.  Chatting to Sean Sennett, JT discusses his life in and out of football.  Going way back, Thurston takes us from his early days right through to the end of his playing career.  He discusses what it takes to play State of Origin football, his cultural obligations as a First Nation’s man in 2021 and his work with the JT Academy.  And … the way he describes kicking a football is pure poetry.

Alice Cooper is our very special guest on Time To Talk this week.  To coincide with the release of his new album Detroit Stories, Alice talks to Sean Sennett about recording the album.  He discusses covering the Velvet Underground and the MC5 as well as the originals that make up the record.  Alice chats about teaming up with his old buddy, producer Bob Ezrin.  Along the way you’ll hear anecdotes about everyone from Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley to Eddie Van Halen and Glen Campbell.

Singer/songwriter John Schumann takes us on a journey into the writing of ‘I Was Only 19’ on this special episode of Time To Talk.  John explains what motivated him to write this first person account of an Australian soldier’s experience in the Vietnam War.  He also explains where Redgum, as a band, were at, at the time of recording, as well as his troubled relationship with pop music tastemakers Countdown.  Join us as Schumann recounts writing one of the most significant and impactful songs in Australia’s social history.

Our guest this week is one of Australia’s first women of song, Kate Ceberano. Ceberano talks to Sean Sennett about recording her new album Sweet Inspiration in lock down. Kate takes us back to her early days in I’m Talking and she tells us what life was like as a fledgling solo artist - before bringing us up to date with her new album which is a unique mix of covers and original material.

The Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins is our very special guest on Time To Talk this week. From his home in Los Angeles, Taylor talks to Sean Sennett about the making of the Foo Fighters’ new album, Medicine at Midnight. Along the way they talk about the Foo Fighters' current writing and recording process and Taylor’s own influences and musical heroes.